Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance

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Office of the Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance
Badge of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on a RML 10 inch 18 ton gun in Gibraltar.jpg
Board of Ordnance Arms preserved on a gun tampion in Gibraltar
Member ofBoard of Ordnance (1597-1830)
Reports toMaster-General of the Ordnance
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed (typically 3–9 years)
Inaugural holder
Formation1570-1830

The Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for keeping record of the number and kind of stores issued from the stocks of ordnance. The office was abolished in 1830.

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration)[]

  • 28 November 1570: (d. bef. 1595)
  • 18 August 1578: (joint)
  • 8 May 1595: (joint)
  • 20 July 1602: Sir Robert Johnson
  • 12 December 1604: (d. bef. 1606) (joint)
  • 6 May 1618: and (joint)
  • 17 July 1640 and (joint)

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (Parliamentary)[]

  • March 1643:
  • December 1644:
  • September 1646: William Billers

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (post-Restoration)[]

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